British Press In A Tizzy Over How Harry's Admitted Drug Use Could Risk His U.S. Visa

The British press has speculated in a flurry of stories articles that Prince Harry’s admitted drug use in his new memoir may threaten his American residency.

“Harry could possibly be barred from the U.S. ... after his admission he has taken medicine,” speculated The Day by day Mail final week.

Harry may “lose his visa after admitting taking cocaine and magic mushrooms,” the Mirror reported.

“Harry’s frank drug-taking admissions may land him in sizzling water with the immigration authorities in America,” The Sunday Instances of London reported.

The Duke of Sussex — who presently resides with spouse Meghan Markle and his two youngsters in Montecito, California — revealed in his new e book “Spare” that he has loved cannibis, magic mushrooms and cocaine, and that the psychedelic ’shrooms helped him understand “the reality.”

United States immigration guidelines warn that an applicant’s “present and/or previous actions, resembling drug or legal actions . . . might make [an] applicant ineligible for a visa,” the Sunday Instances famous.

A U.S. State Division consultant informed the newspaper that visa information are confidential, including merely that selections on purposes are made on a “case by case” foundation.

It’s not clear what sort of visa Harry has. He may have a spousal visa since his spouse is a U.S. citizen. It’s additionally attainable he was granted a particular O-1 visa for folks with “extraordinary skills,” resembling athletes or actors.

One skilled informed The Telegraph that Harry “would have been requested” about drug use as a part of the visa software course of.

If he was “truthful in his solutions, he ought to have been denied,” insisted Professor Alberto Benítez, director of George Washington College’s Immigration Clinic. If he lied his visa may now be revoked, Benitez informed the Telegraph.

Benitez speculated, nevertheless, that officers might have minimize Harry some slack due to his standing as a member of the royal household.

“If it was ‘Fred Jones’ and he had this sort of a [drug] background ... he’d have much more scrutiny, and I may actually see the inexperienced card being denied,” Benitez mentioned.

However immigration lawyer Chrissie Fernandez informed the newspaper that with none sort of drug conviction, Harry’s previous drug use is “unlikely to trigger an actual downside for him” concerning his visa.